Improvement in railroad-rail joints



G. N. HQDGDON.

RAILROAD RAIL-JOINT.

No.173,541, Patented Feb.15,1a7e.

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IMPROVEMENT IN RAILRDAD-RAIL JOINTS.A

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,541, dated February15, 1876;

I November 6, 1875.

To all whom it may concern 'Be it known that l, GEoRGE N. HoDeDoN, ofEnfield, Grafton county, New Hampshire, have invented a new and ImprovedRail-Joint, of which the following is a specification:

The accompanying' drawing represents a top view of' my improvedrail-joint.

The object of my invention is to provide an j improved joint for themeeting ends of rails,

-so that the battering of the same and the wear and tear of therolling-stock are diminsteady support at the joints provided.

The invention consists in placing the rail ends'on longitudinalsleepers, which are, at a suitable distance from the joint, connected tothe lateral ties, the rails being attached by Wood-screws to thesleepers and braces in lateral direction near the joint.

In the drawing, A are railway-rails, which are, at their joints, placedon longitudinal sleepers B, to which the rail ends are securely fastenedby wood-screws a, applied to both sides of the rails. Two or threecross-ties at both sides of the joint are taken out to providefor thesleepers. The' spreading of the track on the sleepers is prevented bytwo lateral iron rods, connecting the rails, and passing through theiish-plate of the joints, dispensing with the bolts of the saine.cross-ties C, at both ends of the sleepers B, are

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application nie'd placed close up to the same, and attached to thesleepers, it' desired, furnishing with them a continuous bearing-ofconsiderable length,

in place of the narrow bea-ring of the common cross-ties under thejoints. The support given to the rail at both sidesof the joints resistsmore effectually the uneven pressure of the rollin g-stock, and providesa steadier rail-joint, that is less exposed to the bat-tering action ofthe wheels, and, in return, exerts a less injurious inluenceI on therolling-stock.

`The cost for repairs of rails and stock is thereby reduced by a simplejoint-support, Y which is less expensive and simpler than the GEORGENAYLOE HoDeDoN.

Witnesses: j JAMES F. BRYANT, A. C. FIEIELD.

